Planning to visit Cape Cod National Seashore this summer to splash in the surf? There are plenty of great white sharks in the water, so you should download the Sharktivity app onto your smartphone.

Bicyclists should have safer paths to follow at Cape Cod National Seashore this summer thanks to two bike path spurs that are scheduled to be built this spring in the Province Lands area of the park.

Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts is beginning a vegetation removal project that aims to remove dead trees and shrubbery from the Duck Harbor floodplain in Wellfleet. Park officials say two years of periodic dune overwashes led to substantial saltwater accumulation in the area and caused a massive die-off of freshwater plants. Removing the dead vegetation will allow salt-water tolerant vegetation to recolonize the area, they say.

More than $8 million in Great American Outdoors Act funds will be used at Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts to demolish unnecessary structures and restore landscapes to their natural contours.